Patient was educated on Glipizide and its mechanism of action as follows:
- Glipizide is an oral antidiabetic drug, used in patients with type-2 diabetes.
- Glipizide acts by stimulating release of more insulin from the Beta-cells of islets of pancreas.
- Glipizide is mostly used in individuals with reduced insulin secretion and in individuals who are resistant to the amount of insulin they are currently producing.
- Increased insulin secretion by Glipizide will lead to lowering of blood glucose concentrations
- Control of blood sugars over time with Glipizide also results in lowering of hemoglobin A1c, which is an indicator of blood glucose control over the past 2 to 3 months.
